Junior Compliance Officer

Job description / Role

Salary AED 8,000 to 12,000

Our client is an established global formations organisation based in Dubai, who is looking to recruit a Junior Compliance Officer to join their team in their fabulous offices in Downtown Dubai.

This position will be of key importance within the organisation and the successful candidate must have previous compliance experience within the Financial Services Industry and/or other companies that are subject to external regulation.

Junior Compliance Officer is required to work with the Head of Compliance in order to ensure the company is meeting the principles and rules set by regulators.

Main duties
- Main responsibility will be to review and check the companies files (both physical and electronic) & to ensure they are complete, up to date and compliant with the rules given.
- To deal with all staff effectively, and courteously, in line with the set policies and procedures
- To respond to routine correspondence and enquiries from staff members
- To provide a professional compliance support to staff and to ensure the smooth running of Viewpoint software managing and maintaining all database in Viewpoint inclusive of inputting the data, to produce correspondence and documents and maintain presentations, records, spread sheets and databases

Requirements

- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Methodical and thorough approach to work
- Ability to effectively manage workload with supervision from more senior team member until experienced enough to handle workload independently
- Good at juggling tasks and prioritising/ability to work to deadlines
- An effective and diligent team member with the ability to handle solo projects
- Ability to follow instructions precisely
- Attention to detail and organisational skills
- Be a fast learner
- Be driven; be able to use their initiative.
- Hardworking, honest and open
- Compliance experience within the Financial Services Industry
- Ideally educated to degree level (A level education considered)
- Good computer literacy (MS Office, Excel)
- Excellent organisational skills
- Proven ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Bright, confident personality

Unfortunately due to the high volume of candidate applications only the successful candidates will be contacted.

About the Company

Connect Executive Search Middle East is a full service selection and placement agency that is focused on supplying the best pool of talent to the Middle East. Offering an unrivalled level of service, our aim is to connect organisations with leading professionals through our team’s sector specific knowledge and in-depth understanding of the Middle East market.

We cover multiple sectors as following:

• Emiratisation & Government • Healthcare & Life Sciences • Legal & Business Support • OIL, Gas & Energy • Industrial and Engineering

At Connect Executive Search Middle East, finding employees the work they are best suited for, and by finding employers those candidates who are the right fit within their organization, we provide value to society as a whole. By finding the right balance between the needs of the employer and the changing wishes of employees, we will bring supply and demand closer together. It is our mission to inspire individuals and organisations to work more effectively and efficiently, and create greater choice in the domain of work, for the benefit of all concerned.